Most Aggressive Snakes you've worked with - Page 3

Wama · 01-29-14, 07:09 AM

Mangrove at night.....look out.....daytime not too bad

UwabamiReptiles · 01-29-14, 08:32 AM

My radiated rat has started to grow into her adult temperament. She was very chill as a hatchling but as she has started to grow she has gotten more and more defensive. The other day she "chased" me and lifted the first third of her body up in the classic S-position and started to gape and strike. A lot different from the carpets I'm used to. But that is more defensive than aggressive.

LiL Zap · 01-29-14, 11:12 AM

The most aggressive snake I handled was a juvenile California king snake. It also gave me my most painful bite lol.

CK SandBoas · 01-29-14, 11:21 AM

I've never worked with, or encountered a truly aggressive snake. One of my Sand Boas, my female Snow, was a bit defensive when i got her, but has calmed down tremendously over the past year that i've had her...

Sharlynn93 · 01-29-14, 11:55 PM

My AC checkered is mine...she was never an issue till she went off feed in November...I switched her to fish, and she was still fine..now she is back on mice and tries to strike everything that moves near her cage...lol...but still handles fine once I pick her up...

KORBIN5895 · 01-30-14, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by IW17

Wondering what species in particular you've worked with in the past that you would consider Aggressive or defensive. Not necessarily one animal , but a species in particular that keeps you on your toes.

Let's simplify.....

limey · 02-27-14, 08:24 AM

Yellow anaconda. Beautiful and they strike faster than holy hell. Plus they can strike from the side (90 degree angle) so they don't have to be looking at you when they strike you. Out of all the pythons and boa species I've personally worked with, I've never seen one strike so fast and so unexpectedly as a Yellow. Really impressive. Have taken several bites before trying to "tame her down". They will eventually get used to you, but it's a very slow, laborious process. Expect many bites along the way.

IW17 · 02-27-14, 10:31 AM

That's one species I would love to work with in the future. Unfortunately with the lacey act Idk if I ever will. I need to find one for sale in Ohio.

Kimmie · 02-27-14, 12:38 PM

I have had a really mean male GTP manokwari he was a bitch struck his window every time u passed and if u took him out he would go straight for your face also had a baby anaconda mean little bugger I tell u

Detroitboa13 · 02-27-14, 03:23 PM

Here is a surprising one for you guys. My male Dumeril's is a complete pain in the ***. He has always been a little tenacious but within the last two years he has really grown to be a handful. He isn't so bad inside the cage with striking or anything but as soon as I open the front door he is immediately all up in my face. He does this weird thing where he puts the middle of his body against the side of the cage rears back and strikes. Almost like he is getting leverage. He has only gotten me once but it was truly one of the worst bites I have taken.

Robin.M · 03-02-14, 10:26 AM

Western Diamonback Rattlesnakes..... snappy bastards.

Rob

IW17 · 03-02-14, 06:27 PM

These posts are great. I ask this because I myself haven't found any species to be particularly Aggressive. Even the few wild caught ones I've kept or caught always seem to calm down once they realize there not in danger and I'm not trying to eat them. This is the thing that so many people just can't see about Snakes. If only John Q public would be more willing to look at things from a honest educated perspective.

Trent · 03-03-14, 04:22 AM

White Lip python [wc sub-adult]..crazy!

marvelfreak · 03-11-14, 09:22 AM

I can testify to WLP and Yellow Anaconda. But for me it would have to been the two male Malaysian Red Blood Python's i had. The one was always trying to escape. One day he jumped out of my hand and chase my buddy around the snake room before i could grab him. The other would strike at anything and they both got worse with age. One cleaning session i took 7 bite and 5 near misses. A couple were almost in the face he was just plain insane.

On a side note with Red Bloods it seem to be a male thing as female tend to be a lot mellower or will at least settle down with time. Everyone i ever talked to with Red's say the same thing about males.

Skits · 03-11-14, 12:16 PM

I'd say mine would either be my texas rat or a boa I rescued a few weeks back.

My rat snake will strike constantly, when I got him, everyone in the store was terrified of him but I was able to get him out without gloves with no problem. Once he settled in at home though, he became strikey again but I like him that way. He's my challenge.

The boa is another. The guy that we rescued her from was keeping her in a tank without water most days, with pine rodent bedding, not much heat, and was terrified of her. She was only eating mice (at 4 feet!) so being hungry probably didn't help. I took her out and he watched me shocked. As I walked out with her, she tried to strike multiple times at my boyfriend who was carrying the tank in front of me but I was handling her well enough so she couldn't get him. Now she watches me and sometime strikes whenever I'm around her tank but she's gotten a lot better! She's going to a great home on Friday with someone who works with large snakes, as I never had the space to keep a second boa.